Safari Won’t Download DMGs (ZIPs, etc.)

thirtyfootscrew — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:56:04 +0000

For a while now I’ve had this problem where if I click on a link to download a DMG or a ZIP file I just get a blank grey page instead of the file being downloaded, it’s kind-of like I’m actually trying to open the file directly in the browser and it gets really bloody annoying. The problem in my case seemed to be the Speed Download plugin (I won’t link to it, since I recommend that nobody installs it – ever), the solution was to delete the application from the Applications folder in Finder and then delete the plugin (probably close Safari first) from /Library/Internet Plug-ins/SpeedDownload Browser Plugin.plugin

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Safari Won’t Download DMGs (ZIPs, etc.)